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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I hardly think that this falls into the same venue as Chappaquiddick. What do they have at all in common? Unless it's...a car. And someone died. That's really about it.
This whole thing is very far fetched. Consider the skill required for the driver of one car to intersect with another car, when both cars are travelling at right angles, each going about 50 mph. Does a 17 year old girl have that skill? Now, granted, Laura is the brains of the family, but c'mon.
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1) not saying she did it on purpose.
2) Kennedy didn't mean to kill either, it was a drunken accident he tried very poorly to cover up.
They both have a lot in common, as I see it. Both were ACCIDENTS, both killed, both were young and are changed people now. I could go on, but I think I made my point agree or disagree that is how I personally see it, it is my opinion and that is all, just as everyone else has theirs.
I don't consider Laura evil for this, nor do I see Ted K., as evil. They both, I am sure, have lived with the guilt and horror of their mistake every day of their life in some way. I am not God and I am not to judge them for those ancient historic events. I can only judge them on what I see now and the people they are now.
Both have been tremendous advocates for important issues and both have demonstrated to me very commendable attributes and very poor attributes, but overall, politics aside, spouses aside...... I have a lot of respect for both Laura and Teddy K. and I feel this nation owes them both gratitude for their accomplishments... not anger or hate or nastiness for those discrepencies of youth that they have made up for and paid for.
Is there anyone here who wants to be judged solely for one event in their life where they made a mistake? I wouldn't. I'm sure though people will argue how wrong I am for saying this.... to them, I say go fuck yourself, it's my opinion and I'm very content with how I feel about it. Just as you have your opinions and you hopefully are comfortable with them and would tell me to fuck off if I tried to tell you how wrong you are and try to change your mind through partisan or self righteous or innuendoes given by others who have something to gain.
I don't need a Limbaugh or Franken or Moore or O'Reilly to tell me how to think on an issue or about a person. Hopefully, most people are intelligent enough to come up with their own opinions and ideas based on their own experiences, pasts and lives.